At the time of writing, American Public Education Inc [APEI] stock is trading at $21.51, up 0.28%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The APEI shares have gain 10.88% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -7.56%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
American Public Education Inc [NASDAQ: APEI] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 26, 2023, when Truist initiated its Hold rating and assigned the stock a price target of $6. Previously, Truist started tracking the stock with Buy rating on April 06, 2021, and set its price target to $43. On March 17, 2021, William Blair initiated with a Outperform rating. B. Riley Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $45 on December 18, 2020. Sidoti upgraded its rating to a Buy but $39 remained the price target by the analyst firm on November 02, 2020. Sidoti downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on May 29, 2020. In a note dated May 12, 2020, Barrington Research upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $32.
For the past year, the stock price of American Public Education Inc fluctuated between $10.15 and $23.84. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $15.5 within the next 12 months. American Public Education Inc [NASDAQ: APEI] shares were valued at $21.51 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -27.94% based on the average APEI price forecast.
Analyzing the APEI fundamentals
According to American Public Education Inc [NASDAQ:APEI], the company’s sales were 613.25M for trailing twelve months, which represents an 1.51% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.49% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.05%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.04%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.06 and Total Capital is 0.07. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.7.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 21.13 points at the first support level, and at 20.75 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 22.01, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 22.51.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that American Public Education Inc [NASDAQ:APEI] has a current ratio of 2.65. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 2.65 and the Cash Ratio stands at 1.81. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.62, the price to book ratio is 1.52 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 38.51.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Kenigsberg James, Director, that happened on Nov 13 ’24 when 600.0 shares were sold. Director, Kenigsberg James completed a deal on Nov 13 ’24 to buy 600.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Braner Michael David bought 17872.0 shares on Aug 30 ’24.
